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it's an opportunity to reduce our deficit and make our government work better. this amendment represents a relatively small change to the bill but i believe it speaks to a larger principle. it will be an inappropriate use of taxpayer money to purchase more cars when so many folks across the country are being forced out of work and so many critical projects sit untouched. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. frelinghuysen: i move to strike the last word, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. to relinghuysen: i rise oppose the gentleman from georgia's amendment. the amendment -- his amendment is overly broad and would prevent the department of energy, the army corps of engineers, the bureau of reclamation, the national nuclear security agency, all agencies covered under our bill from leasing our purchasing any new vehicles. i understand my colleague's concerns with the s
it's an opportunity to reduce our deficit and make our government work better. this amendment represents a relatively small change to the bill but i believe it speaks to a larger principle. it will be an inappropriate use of taxpayer money to purchase more cars when so many folks across the country are being forced out of work and so many critical projects sit untouched. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his...
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the student loan program itself is paying down the national deficit because of the profit the federal government makes. it's time to stop that and make student loans affordable for students and for their families. this congress simply has not done right by students. forcing these students to continue to graduate with an increasing mountain of debt while at the same time they lament the students are graduating with increased debt. that's what the republicans offered, that's why as my colleague from colorado said it was dead on arrival when it went to the senate. it was dead on a bipartisan basis when it went to the senate. the time has come now to defeat the previous question so that we can bring the one-year fix to make sure that students are protected from the doubling of the interest rates that is now occurring because of the inaction by the republicans in the house of representatives. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from colorado reserves. the gentleman from texas is recog
the student loan program itself is paying down the national deficit because of the profit the federal government makes. it's time to stop that and make student loans affordable for students and for their families. this congress simply has not done right by students. forcing these students to continue to graduate with an increasing mountain of debt while at the same time they lament the students are graduating with increased debt. that's what the republicans offered, that's why as my colleague...
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this $48 million would be put towards deficit reduction. look, opponents of the amendment are go to go claim this money is necessary for national security, but in fact that could not be further from the truth. in fact the question of the whether or not the united states enrichment corporation is truly vital is being reviewed by the general accountability office which is expected to release a report on both the national security question as well as the economics of sending further taxpayer dollars to the united states enrichment corporation. because the report is pending, t is in the best interest of hard-earned taxpayer dollars we suspend aid until we have more information as to what the company is doing with the money it is receiving. the united states enrichment corporation is so poorly run, last may the new york stock exchange threatened to delist them due to its financial health. articles over the years have documented its financial woes and the near monthly collapse of its stock prices. during the june share holders' meeting, 80% of th
this $48 million would be put towards deficit reduction. look, opponents of the amendment are go to go claim this money is necessary for national security, but in fact that could not be further from the truth. in fact the question of the whether or not the united states enrichment corporation is truly vital is being reviewed by the general accountability office which is expected to release a report on both the national security question as well as the economics of sending further taxpayer...
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we did it in 2005 under the ccra anchts the deficit reduction reduction act. senator harkin's appropriations committee has made changes to the eligibility rules to the pell grants each of the past several years outside of the higher education authorization, including the elimination of summer eligibility, ability to benefit, and lower of the automatic enrollment for low-income students. i mean, it -- it's just not fair to come and say, to me, that i'm doing an outside higher reauthorization. there is a track record continually of the person that accused us of doing it of doing it himself, of let me say that he is accurate. i'd be happy to yield. mr. manchin: if i could, i want to thank the good senator for working in such a bipartisan manner. this bill haif this bill has bed as belonging to one party or the other, it is wrong. we sat down together, senator cobun, senator a aalexander, senator burr, and we had senator carperrer and looked at how we could fiction something. this deadline hit, we knew one year ago when we extended it, they said it was a political
we did it in 2005 under the ccra anchts the deficit reduction reduction act. senator harkin's appropriations committee has made changes to the eligibility rules to the pell grants each of the past several years outside of the higher education authorization, including the elimination of summer eligibility, ability to benefit, and lower of the automatic enrollment for low-income students. i mean, it -- it's just not fair to come and say, to me, that i'm doing an outside higher reauthorization....
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you know, students have already contributed billions to deficit reduction. but the problem is senate republican leader has insisted all other proposals that we balance the budget on the backs of struggling students and their families, and so far they have refused to put the interest of students and tomorrow's middle class ahead of tax code spending that benefits the wealthy. what they've introduced is a bill that includes no cap on how high student loan rates could go, something c.b.o. tells us will mean students could be locked in at rates over 8% in just a few short years. and in fact, it would be better to absolutely do nothing now than to take up and pass the republican bill. you know, i bet everybody listening knows a family member or a coworker who is up to their neck in student debt. it is a weight that keeps them from helping to grow our economy or start a family or take risks with their careers. and it's a weight that is not easily shed. we can't continue to do this, to generation after generation of college students and expect to be able to compete
you know, students have already contributed billions to deficit reduction. but the problem is senate republican leader has insisted all other proposals that we balance the budget on the backs of struggling students and their families, and so far they have refused to put the interest of students and tomorrow's middle class ahead of tax code spending that benefits the wealthy. what they've introduced is a bill that includes no cap on how high student loan rates could go, something c.b.o. tells us...
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. >> the trillion dollar deficits. >> and it does not look like the republicans are hoping a city. will you write a book for them? >> something about that and i think the republicans demean no, there are people all across the spectrum of both parties. i was asked -- i was speaking about my other book at fort leavenworth, the military base, not the prison. [laughter] and there were 1490 majors for mostly our country, but from around the world. it is a big school. someone asked me, what is the biggest problem that i worry about when i go to bed at night. the answer was american weakness why said that? i think the signal is being sent out from this country is that basically we are modeling american economy of your and it is a failed model. does not work. and there is no way that you can have the deficits we have had and have the debt we are incurring without sending out a signal to the world that this country is not born to be what it was in the past. there is no way that you can do that. you're not going to -- people take that message and they see it. and the -- then you turn around.
. >> the trillion dollar deficits. >> and it does not look like the republicans are hoping a city. will you write a book for them? >> something about that and i think the republicans demean no, there are people all across the spectrum of both parties. i was asked -- i was speaking about my other book at fort leavenworth, the military base, not the prison. [laughter] and there were 1490 majors for mostly our country, but from around the world. it is a big school. someone asked...
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we do not have a deficit right now. we have the opposite of a deficit right now. as of june the u.s. government was taking in $117 billion more that month than it was putting out. we are not in the red, we are in the black. this is the largest june budget surplus ever recorded in the history of the united states of america. but still, a thousand florida national guardsmen are not filling sandbags one day a week every week indefinitely even through storm season because congress panicked about that budget deficit that we do not have. and the deputy manager of the program to land this drone on the "u.s.s. george h.w. bush" says he is furloughing in place on the aircraft carrier while the drone is finally completing its historic landing. this is basically how it goes in the nonsense hold that we call the american congress right now. in that nonsense hole, house republicans find themselves digging deeper and deeper and deeper with no real plans on how to get out. i, though, have an idea for how to help them. do you remember the big deal in washington right now is that
we do not have a deficit right now. we have the opposite of a deficit right now. as of june the u.s. government was taking in $117 billion more that month than it was putting out. we are not in the red, we are in the black. this is the largest june budget surplus ever recorded in the history of the united states of america. but still, a thousand florida national guardsmen are not filling sandbags one day a week every week indefinitely even through storm season because congress panicked about...
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if you want to reduce the deficit, investing in education. thank you very much. >> the house today approved a farm bill by a vote bill2126- 216-208. opposed theucus farm bill and launched a protest. here is that debate. >> further embellishments will result in a deduction of time from the yielding member. ther. speaker, i yield to gentleman from florida, mr. hastings for unanimous consent. >> i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in very strong opposition to the farm bill and underlying bill because it takes the safety net away from american families. >> without objection, the time is charged. >> i yield to the gentleman from new york. >> thank you. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in strong opposition to the farm bill rolen the airline bill because it hurts america's children. correct -- rule and the underlying bill because it >> mr. speaker, and ask unanimous consent to revise my remarks. >> without objection. >> the gentleman from massachusetts. >> i yield to the gentlewoman from florida. >> i ask u
if you want to reduce the deficit, investing in education. thank you very much. >> the house today approved a farm bill by a vote bill2126- 216-208. opposed theucus farm bill and launched a protest. here is that debate. >> further embellishments will result in a deduction of time from the yielding member. ther. speaker, i yield to gentleman from florida, mr. hastings for unanimous consent. >> i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in very strong opposition to...
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another one was that deficit spending is not bad public policy. a third one, punishment is not a deterrent to crime. and the fourth one -- and this is a big one -- is that government can run our lives better than people can. and that's exactly what we're talking about here. the reason they have been wanting to do this with regulating carbon, i think, is better articulated by a guy that i don't think anyone will argue could be the most knowledgeable scientist in america. his name is richard lindsen with m.i.t.. his quote was that regulating carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. if you regulate carbon, you regulate life. you control life. that's what bureaucrats want to do. that's what the environmentalists want to do in controlling our lives. they want to determine what cars we drive, what kind of houses we live in, how our cities are built, and all of that. and they can do all of this by regulating carbon dioxide. and democrats particularly in the senate have been unsuccessful in passing legislation to accomplish this. this is the key. it was way back d
another one was that deficit spending is not bad public policy. a third one, punishment is not a deterrent to crime. and the fourth one -- and this is a big one -- is that government can run our lives better than people can. and that's exactly what we're talking about here. the reason they have been wanting to do this with regulating carbon, i think, is better articulated by a guy that i don't think anyone will argue could be the most knowledgeable scientist in america. his name is richard...
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quite frankly, i think the biggest issue facing our country continuing to run trillion dollar deficits year year and while it will dip a little bit there year because increase which i didn't support and sequestration two-thirds of andatory spending, fad -- food stamps tripling in 10 years, if -- n't get criminal control of what has gone from ne-third to two-thirds of our budget is the greatest challenge. i'm not at the center of those the judiciary ay committee has control over constitution the and i have felt a long time that we should have a constitutional limiting the ability of the federal government to borrow money requiring the its budgetto balance except in times of national emergency. most important issue in my opinion facing our government. immigration reform is a major judiciary efore the committee and i'm excited about the opportunity to work on this. when the democrats were in the committee and in the house and in the senate and for his dent obama first two years, they did nothing about immigration reform. i'm pleased that we are working on it and pleased that we are in the
quite frankly, i think the biggest issue facing our country continuing to run trillion dollar deficits year year and while it will dip a little bit there year because increase which i didn't support and sequestration two-thirds of andatory spending, fad -- food stamps tripling in 10 years, if -- n't get criminal control of what has gone from ne-third to two-thirds of our budget is the greatest challenge. i'm not at the center of those the judiciary ay committee has control over constitution the...
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why is the trade deficit still soaring? why? >> by the way, i have to get out. i can't get in. >> there's a manufacturing renaissance. >> why are we losing jobs? >> it's called energy. >> we are producing more with fewer workers. it's amazing. >> by the way, not only are we importing less and less energy, we are going to be exporting more and more energy and it will bring the trade deficit to almost nothing which will give me a strong dollar, king dollar is going to look great. the inflation rate which is now 1% will go to 0% and you'll worry about deflation. >> then we're going to start 3-d printing gold. it will plummet even faster. >> gold is about 1,000 bucks an ounce. thank you, gentlemen. we appreciate it. >>> all hail the state of south dakota. cnbc has just named it as the number one state for business in america. and the man who puts that list together, cnbc's scott cone joins us live from the foot of mount rushmore. he'll explain. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it'
why is the trade deficit still soaring? why? >> by the way, i have to get out. i can't get in. >> there's a manufacturing renaissance. >> why are we losing jobs? >> it's called energy. >> we are producing more with fewer workers. it's amazing. >> by the way, not only are we importing less and less energy, we are going to be exporting more and more energy and it will bring the trade deficit to almost nothing which will give me a strong dollar, king dollar is...
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we need to bring deficits down. we need to get our country on a fiscally sustainable path, but we need to do so in a rational way which does not undermine our national security, does not undermine the services of being rendered to the people who are relying on them and that does not send the message to our employees and those whom we need to recruit in the future hat we're a good employer, we're a caring employer, we're an effective employer and you ought to work for us, you ought to work for your country, for your fellow citizens. mr. speaker, we need to go to conference, we need to get rid of the sequester, we need to put america on a rational path to fiscal responsibility and effectiveness and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. coble, for five minutes. mr. coble: i thank the speaker. mr. speaker, benghazi mattered and the american people deserve answers. on the evening of september 11, 2012, terrorist
we need to bring deficits down. we need to get our country on a fiscally sustainable path, but we need to do so in a rational way which does not undermine our national security, does not undermine the services of being rendered to the people who are relying on them and that does not send the message to our employees and those whom we need to recruit in the future hat we're a good employer, we're a caring employer, we're an effective employer and you ought to work for us, you ought to work for...
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here's a chart that shows america's trade deficit. and energy, imported energy comprises the largest account. we haven't had a balanced trade deficit since the 1970's when the job hemorrhage started in this country. and it gets worse every year. america's future depends on innovation. we can't continue to live like this. every community you go to in this country, they say, well, we have to move somewhere because my child can't find a job or, gosh, i had to get another job and i had my salary cut in half. it's pretty obvious what's been happening. the major category of trade deficits is energy imports. energy. because we are not self-sufficient in energy production in this country. part of the answer lies in new energy systems. systems that even nasa has helped us to begin to invent. yes, in the solar fields. yes, in new hydrogen technologies like cryogenic hydrogen. yes, in natural gas. thank goodness the department invested in fossil fuel technologies. that's where the fracking technologies came from. it came from thinking about the
here's a chart that shows america's trade deficit. and energy, imported energy comprises the largest account. we haven't had a balanced trade deficit since the 1970's when the job hemorrhage started in this country. and it gets worse every year. america's future depends on innovation. we can't continue to live like this. every community you go to in this country, they say, well, we have to move somewhere because my child can't find a job or, gosh, i had to get another job and i had my salary...
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any deal on interest rates should not reduce the deficit on the backs of students. we should not trade national debt for student debt. and number two, we need to keep in place an interest rate cap, an interest rate cap as a key consumer protection to shield students from exorbitant rates in the future. now, i have the highest respect for our president. i served with him here. he was on our committee. i only wish that perhaps they had talked to us a little bit before they came out with their proposal. president obama came out with a proposal on student loans. the first president since 1958, first president, not democratic president, first president, democrat or republican, to propose going from a 91 t-bill date to a ten-year treasury note. no other president suggested that. secondly, no president since 1958, no president, has advocated removing the cap. president obama in his proposal proposed removing the cap. well, i believe it's safe to say that our caucus said no, we're not going to do that. we're not going to lift this key consumer protection of having an intere
any deal on interest rates should not reduce the deficit on the backs of students. we should not trade national debt for student debt. and number two, we need to keep in place an interest rate cap, an interest rate cap as a key consumer protection to shield students from exorbitant rates in the future. now, i have the highest respect for our president. i served with him here. he was on our committee. i only wish that perhaps they had talked to us a little bit before they came out with their...
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it helps our deficit problem as well. the only other point i want to make is this. some are comparing this bill to the president's health care bill. nothing could be further from the truth. i supported this president's health care bill, and i still do, but that was basically a democratic effort. it had no republicans have been. mccain and schumer would not be standing here together in favor of the aca. and this bill has very broad support. it's bipartisan. it has the support on the health care bill business and labor were split. business and labor united here. we have evangelicals. we have the agriculture community, both growers and workers. and so to say that this is just like the president health care bill, nothing could be further from the trees. this is just what america wants us to do. work together in a bipartisan way to move forward. so those extreme opponents come they keep coming up with new reasons to oppose the bill. one of their latest is all, our bill is 1000 pages and complicated. well, from what i understand, the bill so they're putting together and t
it helps our deficit problem as well. the only other point i want to make is this. some are comparing this bill to the president's health care bill. nothing could be further from the truth. i supported this president's health care bill, and i still do, but that was basically a democratic effort. it had no republicans have been. mccain and schumer would not be standing here together in favor of the aca. and this bill has very broad support. it's bipartisan. it has the support on the health care...
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. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" the shrinking deficit and warren buffett makes a big donation in charity. ashley morrison is here in new york. good morning, ashley. >> reporter: and good morning to you, anne-marie. asian markets bounced back, slight concern over china's efforts to reform credit. hong kong's hang seng earned 2%. >>> wall street with financial tightened wells fargo and chase the dow rose 88 points while the nasdaq added five points. >>> the deficit is down according to a new white house projection. the federal government is spending $759 billion more than it is taking in this year. that's down more than $200 billion from earlier predictions. the improvement is credited to the automatic spending cuts triggered by the financial cliff and increasing revenue from an improving economy. >>> consumers are whipping out their credit cards more often. sending consumer borrowing surging. credit card use has soared to its highest level since fall of 2010. americans increased borrowing in may at the fastest rate in a year. experts say a jump in borrowing means people are feeling more c
. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" the shrinking deficit and warren buffett makes a big donation in charity. ashley morrison is here in new york. good morning, ashley. >> reporter: and good morning to you, anne-marie. asian markets bounced back, slight concern over china's efforts to reform credit. hong kong's hang seng earned 2%. >>> wall street with financial tightened wells fargo and chase the dow rose 88 points while the nasdaq added five points. >>>...
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estimates this bill as written will add $1.3 trillion to the deficit in 2014. at this point i would like to yield one minute to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: this is a shameful day. the house republican leadership has decided again to abandon all efforts to come to a bipartisan agreement on the farm bill. they have launched an attack on the working poor, veterans, children, and seniors who rely on the nutrition program in a desperate attempt to win political points with their conservative base. after an embarrassing, chaotic defeat of their last proposal, they decide to make a bad situation worse. this proposal strips out the entire nutrition title, putting families and children at risk of going hungry. givemade a clear choice to subsidies to corporations at the expense of the hungry and poor. today house republicans are telling hungry children, food banks who he meet the need of their communities. and low-income citizens, their needs don't ma
estimates this bill as written will add $1.3 trillion to the deficit in 2014. at this point i would like to yield one minute to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: this is a shameful day. the house republican leadership has decided again to abandon all efforts to come to a bipartisan agreement on the farm bill. they have launched an attack on the working poor, veterans, children,...
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guest: i think that the trade deficit had been an issue for the u.s. there have been a lot of jobs, essentially we opened up ourselves to the world from a global trade perspective and we didn't really put a lot of emphasis on making sure that the other countries that we were doing business with had, say, the same labor standards, the same pay levels. so many american workers were thrown into competition with a huge global competition with workers willing to be paid a lot less. so a lot of that work was transferred there. some people say that's the way it goes and how the global economy moves around. that might be the case. but that doesn't mean there aren't jobs americans can't do. and the definition of doing something that your caller -- i agree that there are do-nothing jobs in every organization probably. but the point that your caller was making i think there are -- the definition of doing something is very broad and there are a lot of thing that is need to be done in this country including services jobs that aren't getting filled by the private se
guest: i think that the trade deficit had been an issue for the u.s. there have been a lot of jobs, essentially we opened up ourselves to the world from a global trade perspective and we didn't really put a lot of emphasis on making sure that the other countries that we were doing business with had, say, the same labor standards, the same pay levels. so many american workers were thrown into competition with a huge global competition with workers willing to be paid a lot less. so a lot of that...
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the white house reports the federal deficit for this fiscal year is $200 billion less than expected. we are only overspending now by $759 billion. >>> twinkies will be back in stores july 15th with an even longer lifespan than ever before. thank god, you're saying. the spongy yellow takes have a new shelf life of 45 days that extends the previous 26-day shelf life. >>> famed sports carmaker porsche is going green with the 2014 panamera se hybrid. it boasts over 75 miles per gallon. the price there? $79,000. base. >>> and take a look at the washington monument. it glows with 500 lamps while being restored from earthquake damage. half of the cost being paid for from a donation. >>> rex ryan running with the bulls and all of your sports headlines. stick around. >>> let's get the latest in sports for you right now. monday was the great day in baseball. tigers pitcher max scherzer with seven strikeouts but not enough for him to get the win. this embarrassment here does help his team. >> nubbed down the third base line. pena hoping it goes back there and it does. swisher is going to be out
the white house reports the federal deficit for this fiscal year is $200 billion less than expected. we are only overspending now by $759 billion. >>> twinkies will be back in stores july 15th with an even longer lifespan than ever before. thank god, you're saying. the spongy yellow takes have a new shelf life of 45 days that extends the previous 26-day shelf life. >>> famed sports carmaker porsche is going green with the 2014 panamera se hybrid. it boasts over 75 miles per...
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. >> all the folk want is a piece of a sound bite at home to say they believe in deficit reduction. >> they made a clear choice to protect generous subsidies for agricultural corporations at the expense of the hungry and working poor. >> this is not some little club. we are the congress of the united states of america. the most powerful nation on this planet. and we can take care of all of the people. >> this is the lowest of the low. when we can't pass this, you know, ladies and gentlemen, they can't run the house. >> the only thing that this house will do when it votes today is defeat starving children. >> you are taking food out of the mouths of your own poor constituents. >> hr-2642 is a deadbeat majority's proposal. >> enough already. >> enough is enough. >> vote no. >> time has expired. >> vote no. vote no. vote no. it is ridiculous what you're doing to our children. >> every single democrat in the house did vote no today. along with 12 republicans, but that was not enough to stop the republicans' stripped down farm bill. it passed by an eight-vote margin, 216-208. the last vers
. >> all the folk want is a piece of a sound bite at home to say they believe in deficit reduction. >> they made a clear choice to protect generous subsidies for agricultural corporations at the expense of the hungry and working poor. >> this is not some little club. we are the congress of the united states of america. the most powerful nation on this planet. and we can take care of all of the people. >> this is the lowest of the low. when we can't pass this, you know,...
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that are better used to invest in the future and paying off our deficit. we simply cannot afford to spend taxpayer dollars on research, the private sector can do better and taxpayers should not be asked to provide additional support to an industry that consistently has record-breaking profits. our energy sector has some of the of the most promising ideas and technologies in the world. our energy policy, however, is horribly outdated. h.r. 2609 slashes research and development for renewable energy by some 60% and adds additional money that the administration either want -- neither wants nor needs to research fossil fuels and clean coal. at the same time it continues to spend far too much on fossil fuel r&d. in fact, we dole out more fossil fuel subsidies than any other country. more than $500 billion in 2011. and they often go to expensive projects with little upside. the fact is we don't need to spend taxpayer money this way. fossil fuel companies are highly profitable, posting some of the highest profits in the world, and they can shoulder than other r&d
that are better used to invest in the future and paying off our deficit. we simply cannot afford to spend taxpayer dollars on research, the private sector can do better and taxpayers should not be asked to provide additional support to an industry that consistently has record-breaking profits. our energy sector has some of the of the most promising ideas and technologies in the world. our energy policy, however, is horribly outdated. h.r. 2609 slashes research and development for renewable...
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we have four consecutive trillion dollar deficit the worst deficits in the history of our country. we are now about to rush through the $17 trillion mark in total debt. we are not a country that can afford to stay on this path. we are not a country that can afford to allow into our nation immigrants who are going to be tax consumers rather than tax producers. when you have the pick of hundreds of millions of people around the world, we should be smart and we should have a smart immigration policy that brings in people who are going to be tax producers. not tax consumers. that's going to help us with our deficit situation, tep us with our accumulated debt, and hopefully reduce or minimize the risk of an american tradgity that tragedy being a debit dating insolvency and bankruptcy of our great nation system of in that veen, our foreign policy, our immigration policy should focus on those who are going to come here and produce more revenue then they're going to consume. i'm for allowing immigration into the united states of america. it's a cherished privilege, it's a historical fact o
we have four consecutive trillion dollar deficit the worst deficits in the history of our country. we are now about to rush through the $17 trillion mark in total debt. we are not a country that can afford to stay on this path. we are not a country that can afford to allow into our nation immigrants who are going to be tax consumers rather than tax producers. when you have the pick of hundreds of millions of people around the world, we should be smart and we should have a smart immigration...
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and scrambling to raise money to bring down its deficit the french government has again turned to texas to get its economy back on track after a host of increases this year the finance minister has refused to rule out yet more hikes in twenty fourteen is out is where if a national reports the heavy burden is pushing independent businesses to the brink of bankruptcy. it's that's half the time of slashed prices in the stores of paris but behind some of the red cross tags there are said stories for pascal whose flour and gift shop has been in business for twenty five years it's a closing down sale for many months the taxes he pays have been it in up all his profit he simply doesn't make money anymore. they don't understand that we small businessmen at the engines and guarantors of the country's development and they are stifling us i can't afford starr and i do all the work myself for twelve hours a day but that isn't enough. to businessmen from china and the arab world have already responded to his almost two hundred thousand to your offer to sell up prescott is not surprised at the lack o
and scrambling to raise money to bring down its deficit the french government has again turned to texas to get its economy back on track after a host of increases this year the finance minister has refused to rule out yet more hikes in twenty fourteen is out is where if a national reports the heavy burden is pushing independent businesses to the brink of bankruptcy. it's that's half the time of slashed prices in the stores of paris but behind some of the red cross tags there are said stories...
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trade deals that are very much pro corporate he has offered to cut social security he's repeated the deficit rhetoric of the right etc etc etc but he's also emphasized his what he calls his evolving positions on gay marriage and and women's issues and so on so as a result even though he's far to the right of the democratic base on economic issues he still enjoys eighty five percent support among registered democrats so that's the playbook that's the clinton playbook and if somebody about doesn't call them on it i think that's how we're going to see the continued wealth inequity and corporatization of america you know i would submit that these economic policies whether it's rahm emanuel's or bill clinton's or for that matter barack obama's are to the right certainly to the right of dwight eisenhower who in one thousand fifty six ran for reelection in the fact that he had added more than a million people to the union roles and expanded social security and i think to the right of richard nixon so assuming that that's the case what do we do about it how do we get democratic politicians who with
trade deals that are very much pro corporate he has offered to cut social security he's repeated the deficit rhetoric of the right etc etc etc but he's also emphasized his what he calls his evolving positions on gay marriage and and women's issues and so on so as a result even though he's far to the right of the democratic base on economic issues he still enjoys eighty five percent support among registered democrats so that's the playbook that's the clinton playbook and if somebody about...
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in specifics, it reads that reform will grow the economy by 3.3% and bring down the deficit by close to $8850 billion over the next -- by close to $850 billion over the next 20 years. we're back after the break. actually mean it. >> you're putting out there something that you're proud of. journalists want the the story and they want the right story and the want the true story. >> you can say anything here. >> i spent a couple of hours with a hooker. >> your mistake was writing a check. >> she never cashed it! >> the war room. >> compared to other countries with tighter gun safety laws our death toll is just staggering. >> the young turks. >> the top bankers who funneled all the money to the drug lords, no sentence. there's just no justice in that. >> viewpoint. >> carl rove said today that mitt romney is a lock to win next pope. he's garunteeing it. >> joy behar: say anything. >> is the bottom line then that no white person should ever, ever, ever use the "n" word? >> yes! >> only on current tv. >> stephanie: it is "the stephanie miller show." welcome to it. six minutes after the hou
in specifics, it reads that reform will grow the economy by 3.3% and bring down the deficit by close to $8850 billion over the next -- by close to $850 billion over the next 20 years. we're back after the break. actually mean it. >> you're putting out there something that you're proud of. journalists want the the story and they want the right story and the want the true story. >> you can say anything here. >> i spent a couple of hours with a hooker. >> your mistake was...
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but can you imagine what $2.3 trillion in our energy trade deficit translates into lost jobs in america over the last 10 years? it's a hemorrhage. our republic will not compete in this 21st century and beyond if we further reduce investments in this area and cede our energy to other countries. predatory foreign competition in energy poses a real security threat to our contry. i view it as the chief security threat to our country. i appreciate the chairman's commitment to ensure that technology developed with taxpayer dollars benefits our nation first. department of energy, however, must do more to ensure that intellectual property supported by federal dollars furthers the interest of the united states economy. and i'm concerned with the level of funding, i appreciate the chairman's commitment to american manufacturing in this bill, manufacturing remains one of the most important job drivers in our economy. usingere is little use in federal dollars that are ultimately made in america and manufactured domestically. america must do more to reverse the trend of domestic firms shifting produ
but can you imagine what $2.3 trillion in our energy trade deficit translates into lost jobs in america over the last 10 years? it's a hemorrhage. our republic will not compete in this 21st century and beyond if we further reduce investments in this area and cede our energy to other countries. predatory foreign competition in energy poses a real security threat to our contry. i view it as the chief security threat to our country. i appreciate the chairman's commitment to ensure that technology...
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deficits down to $608 billion. we're doing well now. we need to keep speaking up. because they had to feel the intense tip and they had to feel it relentlessly. >> and dave camp said in your commission the head of the negotiations, the head of the house ways and means committee. forget about taxes. it's not going to happen. you heard the same thing on the spending side as well. the positions on both sides, raising revenue to consulting spending. but you're saying that's not the case. that slowly this is eroding? >> i would say -- remember my learning on the three things, what they say is not necessarily what they think or what they're willing to do. there's -- it's one thing i ended up learning -- there's really smart well meaning people down there. now there are some, dealing with some of them. i've had times where i looked at someone and said you can't possibly believe what you just said. you just can't. it's so illogical, you can't. but there are some of those. but i would say i've run into a lot of people who are very bright and really want to do the right thin
deficits down to $608 billion. we're doing well now. we need to keep speaking up. because they had to feel the intense tip and they had to feel it relentlessly. >> and dave camp said in your commission the head of the negotiations, the head of the house ways and means committee. forget about taxes. it's not going to happen. you heard the same thing on the spending side as well. the positions on both sides, raising revenue to consulting spending. but you're saying that's not the case. that...
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today those of us who came to town to cut spending, reduce the deficit, reduce the size of government, and make reforms have a real opportunity to walk the walk. this farm bill does all of those things. this bill is going to save taxpayers $19.3 billion. it's going to repeal or consolidate more than 100 programs at usda. and it's going to repeal the direct program. something that many of my farmers and ranchers back home are -- do not want to give up. the farm bill also does a couple other things. it is being considered separately on its own merits. as many in this body have called for, and it replaces antiquated permanent law so we don't face things like the dairy cliff tend of the year anymore. the bill before us reforms not just the politics of the farm bill, but the process as well. this farm bill has earned our support and i urge my colleagues to vote yes. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. peterson: i yield two minutes to the distinguished minority whip, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. the spe
today those of us who came to town to cut spending, reduce the deficit, reduce the size of government, and make reforms have a real opportunity to walk the walk. this farm bill does all of those things. this bill is going to save taxpayers $19.3 billion. it's going to repeal or consolidate more than 100 programs at usda. and it's going to repeal the direct program. something that many of my farmers and ranchers back home are -- do not want to give up. the farm bill also does a couple other...
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is this about a trust deficit, not really about the border? what's going on here as you see it? >> part of the challenge in washington is that -- and it's not about policy. many times it's about politics and it gets personal. and frankly as a new member of congress, that's always very disappoint to go m poinpointing. el paso has been named as the safest city on the border. there is a way of life along the border that involves exchange and commerce that has been tremendously impacted other the last few years where you would be able to go across and eat lunch or people from mexico couldvther the last few years where you would be able to go across and eat lunch or people from mexico coulderther the last few years where you would be able to go across and eat lunch or people from mexico couldher the last few years where you would be able to go across and eat lunch or people from mexico coulder the last few years where you would be able to go across and eat lunch or people from mexico couldr the last few years where you would be able to go across and eat lunch or people from mexico co
is this about a trust deficit, not really about the border? what's going on here as you see it? >> part of the challenge in washington is that -- and it's not about policy. many times it's about politics and it gets personal. and frankly as a new member of congress, that's always very disappoint to go m poinpointing. el paso has been named as the safest city on the border. there is a way of life along the border that involves exchange and commerce that has been tremendously impacted other...
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jobs with it, all the people that had to construct, that helps younger workers, and we do also have a deficit. we don't have young people able to do the jobs we're outsourcing to india. we need to be training young people starting in high school to do stem jobs, research and science. >> in that last segment -- well, there you go. [ applause ] in the last segment we were talking about the outsourcing of the jobs. we should point out that 60% decline in manufacturing jobs in this city >> that's right. >> when you talk about an industrial revolution, the best place to do it is where there's people who are willing to work. >> exactly. >> but when you have capital, which is hard to get, and minorities can't get the capital. >> that's right. >> because they don't have the resources to back them up if business doesn't go well, what else can we do other than some kind of public/private partnership involved with federal money to turn these numbers around? >> i think it has got to start there, but also long-term we have to level the playing field in terms of corporations. a lot of reasons you see the o
jobs with it, all the people that had to construct, that helps younger workers, and we do also have a deficit. we don't have young people able to do the jobs we're outsourcing to india. we need to be training young people starting in high school to do stem jobs, research and science. >> in that last segment -- well, there you go. [ applause ] in the last segment we were talking about the outsourcing of the jobs. we should point out that 60% decline in manufacturing jobs in this city...
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commentary before the crisis with the idea that capital inflows we were seeing related to the trade deficit but also international demand for dollar reserve was the destabilizing factor in making conditions easier than they otherwise would have been but to look at the european relationship but again it was a demand for safe assets which at the time the insufficiency of safe assets. . . this is our total purchases, which are pretty small share. woodenly by this, we will pay for this with bank reserves. i do not think their asset purchases are significantly affecting us. especially when it comes to liquidity policy. >> women ask about the creative policies over the last few years. we are taking actions that are at the edge of traditional independent challenges it comes on the macro credentials side. >> well, that's kind of a political question that i'm not sure i can do justice. and there are good reasons to have monetary policymaking. we all understand those reasons having to do with avoiding short run political intervention in monetary policy. but in many of the other activities, for exampl
commentary before the crisis with the idea that capital inflows we were seeing related to the trade deficit but also international demand for dollar reserve was the destabilizing factor in making conditions easier than they otherwise would have been but to look at the european relationship but again it was a demand for safe assets which at the time the insufficiency of safe assets. . . this is our total purchases, which are pretty small share. woodenly by this, we will pay for this with bank...
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which was the idea that the capital inflows that we were seeing related of course to our large trade deficit but also to the international demand for dollar reserves was in fact a potentially destablizing factor and certainly was in any case, making financial conditions easier than than they otherwise would have been. done more recent work with coauthors at the federal reserve looking at the european-u.s. relationship even though there was a much more balanced trade between the europe and the u.s. there were large gross up flows of financial flows from europe and the united states which again were a demand for, safe assets if you will which at the time there being insufficiency of safe assets in the view of many people, wall street in some sense was trying to construct safe assets through securitization and tranching and we know that didn't work out so well. i think that, you know, there are some issues with safe assets in that besides collateral, we have potentially increased liquidity requirements, increased margin requirements. that may create some pressure on supply of safe assets. at th
which was the idea that the capital inflows that we were seeing related of course to our large trade deficit but also to the international demand for dollar reserves was in fact a potentially destablizing factor and certainly was in any case, making financial conditions easier than than they otherwise would have been. done more recent work with coauthors at the federal reserve looking at the european-u.s. relationship even though there was a much more balanced trade between the europe and the...
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there's going to be a deficit used to be made up by mandatory coverage provisions. all that money has to come from somewhere. so you just are put to a choice, i guess. bankrupting the insurance companies, and the whole system comes tumbling down, or else enacting a federal subsidy program that the insurance would like. now, it is clear that there is a difference between the ememployer mandate and the individual mandate. the individual mandate is the core of the issue. we don't require americans, we are going to continue to have people that have free rides. they walk into the emergency room and get taken care of. nd you and i that work -- walk and pay emergency room for it, have to pay $1,000 a year toward their coverage. healthcare.gov is on the computer. you can look in there. there is a section for small businesses. i'm sure you have looked in there. you can read, obviously, so you know what's there. explain what is really going to happen to individuals when this law is implemented in january, as people are enrolled from september to october 1, what's going to hap
there's going to be a deficit used to be made up by mandatory coverage provisions. all that money has to come from somewhere. so you just are put to a choice, i guess. bankrupting the insurance companies, and the whole system comes tumbling down, or else enacting a federal subsidy program that the insurance would like. now, it is clear that there is a difference between the ememployer mandate and the individual mandate. the individual mandate is the core of the issue. we don't require...
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and would boost our economy and make our country safer, reducing the deficit by about a trillion dollars over the next two decades. i remind the speaker there is no shame in passing bills both parties can support. americans want their elected officials to work together to fix the nation's problems. that's what we did in the senate. i promise the formula will work in the house of representatives as well. the speaker should try that. sticking to the hastert rule is preventing the house from passing legislation to reform the ailing postal service. he refused to even take it up last congress. didn't even take it up. sticking to the hastert rule prevented the house from passing a measure that would give brick-and-mortar stores parity. we passed it on a bipartisan vote here, mr. president. i mean it's heartbreaking all over america, i see it in nevada to go by these strip malls and you see these places that if they had the advantage of not having to pay sales tax -- that's what happens on line -- they would be in business. they would go back into business if the online -- the sales tax would h
and would boost our economy and make our country safer, reducing the deficit by about a trillion dollars over the next two decades. i remind the speaker there is no shame in passing bills both parties can support. americans want their elected officials to work together to fix the nation's problems. that's what we did in the senate. i promise the formula will work in the house of representatives as well. the speaker should try that. sticking to the hastert rule is preventing the house from...
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they've done any crime our system in your view of them is so wrong that the only people we've put on the deficits by the end of that is that is i believe this outcome obviously that was not are not repent what i'm saying not is already a dad said i needed them to go a little wiser make all of us so we need to brutalize them for what they do to us so if you want to brutal nation you got well i don't want to be going to do that i ended up and you know i feel that i feel the same way about meat frankly i mean you know it's for some i want to go out and hunt and kill their own meat i've got no problem with that but i'm you know me going i think anybody i don't know any weight that exit bad i think that's terrible but i think you know what i want to hear on what you should do i don't want to blow my own position in terms of like the death just in terms of how i've always viewed it i've kind of viewed it from my religious perspective i'm not really a big fan of it but that said i haven't really had enough experience personally to understand whether or not i would want that of somebody who harms. somebo
they've done any crime our system in your view of them is so wrong that the only people we've put on the deficits by the end of that is that is i believe this outcome obviously that was not are not repent what i'm saying not is already a dad said i needed them to go a little wiser make all of us so we need to brutalize them for what they do to us so if you want to brutal nation you got well i don't want to be going to do that i ended up and you know i feel that i feel the same way about meat...
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the congressional budget office says that bill would cut the federal budget deficit by $850 billion over the next 20 years as well. >>> you mentioned john boehner and house republicans holding a special meeting on capitol hill this morning. we're taking you live to texas this morning at the george w. bush institute. the podium where the actual former president will address the people there that are meeting on the naturalization and immigration services. he's going to talk about immigration and immigration reform this morning. just giving you a live picture in dallas to keep tabs on it for you. if he says anything significant, we'll bring it to you. >>> firefighters still working to get the upper hand on a wild fire threat. ing homes east of san diego. the chariot fires burned 11 square miles in the cleveland national foreof the. it's 40% contained and threatening 120 homes near julian. firefighters say calm winds helped them make good progress yesterday. cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> 5:46. warm temperatures all over california for the last couple of weeks. as you po
the congressional budget office says that bill would cut the federal budget deficit by $850 billion over the next 20 years as well. >>> you mentioned john boehner and house republicans holding a special meeting on capitol hill this morning. we're taking you live to texas this morning at the george w. bush institute. the podium where the actual former president will address the people there that are meeting on the naturalization and immigration services. he's going to talk about...
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so there's regional surpluses and deficits. some places have plenty of bodies, others are always scrambling to get more bodies. >> host: in "stiff," the cure use lives of human cadavers you write it makes little sense to try to control what happened to your remains when you're no longer around to reap the joys or benefit0s of that control. people who make elaborate requests concerning disposition of their bodies are probably people who are troubled with the concept of not existing. >> guest: yeah, that is the number one reason in my experience, that people cite when -- they're not going to donate -- they don't want to donate their body to science, to research, to education. they say i want to be able to say what it's used for. i want to cure cancer. i dope want to be used in a plastic surgery seminar. people want to exert control over the circumstances, though they're no longer in the circumstances at the time. so in a way it's a way of still being around. people don't -- people have a lot of difficulty with the prospect of no
so there's regional surpluses and deficits. some places have plenty of bodies, others are always scrambling to get more bodies. >> host: in "stiff," the cure use lives of human cadavers you write it makes little sense to try to control what happened to your remains when you're no longer around to reap the joys or benefit0s of that control. people who make elaborate requests concerning disposition of their bodies are probably people who are troubled with the concept of not...
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. >> the cvo projects the senate bill would cut the flow by up to half and reduce the deficit by $135 billion over ten years. the u.s. chamber of commerce would help to craft the bill is running for and calling for an end to the status quo. all of this begs the question, what exactly is stopping the house gop from embracing comprehensive reform. joining me today, executive vice president of global strategy group and former senior advisor to priorities u.s.a. action, bill burton. new york magazine's jonathan chase and distinguished fellow, bob herbert and joining us from capitol hill is republican congressman, raul labrador. congressman, thanks so much for joining us on a very, very important day. >> great to be on your show, alex. >> congressman, i want to start first with what you have said to the press thus far as far as comprehensive immigration reform. you told the hill today that comprehensive reform, the senate bill, is less likely than it was a month ago. i ask you in this hour, is there any chance that the senate bill can pass the house of representatives? >> there's absolutel
. >> the cvo projects the senate bill would cut the flow by up to half and reduce the deficit by $135 billion over ten years. the u.s. chamber of commerce would help to craft the bill is running for and calling for an end to the status quo. all of this begs the question, what exactly is stopping the house gop from embracing comprehensive reform. joining me today, executive vice president of global strategy group and former senior advisor to priorities u.s.a. action, bill burton. new york...
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everyone who looks at this thinks this will add tax, social security revenue and decrease our deficit over a 20-year period and, uh-uh know, it is tragic to think about 11 plus million people living in the shadows of this country, a country of immigrants. i'm a daughter of immigrants. and good luck. >> so tragic. it's so tragic. >> i think we'll do just fine in the next presidential election and senate elections. it's so tragic, the president in 2008 and 2010, he had 60 senators and huge majorities in the house. did he move the immigration bill to deal with this pressing problem, this tragedy? i missed that. >> go ahead, congresswoman. >> i'm talking about the issue. i'm in my nonpartisan role as head of the wilson center, by the way. i think it's not a partisan issue. it's fundamental to american values and what we are as a country. >> all right. we did at least get a disagreement. not quite the players i thought, but in any case, thank you. >>> we have to take a break here. when we come back, edward snowden now asking russia for political asylum. our panel tackles how to bring the n
everyone who looks at this thinks this will add tax, social security revenue and decrease our deficit over a 20-year period and, uh-uh know, it is tragic to think about 11 plus million people living in the shadows of this country, a country of immigrants. i'm a daughter of immigrants. and good luck. >> so tragic. it's so tragic. >> i think we'll do just fine in the next presidential election and senate elections. it's so tragic, the president in 2008 and 2010, he had 60 senators and...
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and would reduce the deficit by almost $850 billion over 20 years. president obama also called in members of the hispanic caucus. democratic congressman joaquin castro of texas voiced hope for a compromise. >> like us he realizes that effort must be both a republican and a democratic effort. it requires the work and cooperation of both parties and this president is committed to working with not only house democrats, but also house republicans on getting it done. speaker boehner and other party leaders issued a statement refirming they will not take up the senate bill which leaves the focus squarely on the next three weeks. house republicans have said they mean to bring immigration to a vote between now and the month-long recess that begins in early august. for more on the options being considered in the house, we are joined by illinois democrat luis gutierrez, also a member of the judiciary committee, and chair of the congressional hispanic caucus immigration task force. congressman, welcome back to the program. >> thank you, ray. good to be with you
and would reduce the deficit by almost $850 billion over 20 years. president obama also called in members of the hispanic caucus. democratic congressman joaquin castro of texas voiced hope for a compromise. >> like us he realizes that effort must be both a republican and a democratic effort. it requires the work and cooperation of both parties and this president is committed to working with not only house democrats, but also house republicans on getting it done. speaker boehner and other...
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it's the right thing from the standpoint of deficit reduction. i think it's a great thing for the nation to encourage this and change right now in our nation. i hope you will talk about the health care bill and what's happening, it's almost beyond belief. >> wow, far be it for me to bring that up out of the blue, senator. >> you know, this is pretty fascinating. i start at the top. you know, every american can get behind the notion of hoping that americans will have affordable health care. i mean, honest telely. i think as we have gone beyond the romance of all of this, the makeup and lipstick are off, people are waking up to look at this bill. it is a serious thing. let's face it. think about it in the height of the greatest recession we create a piece of legislation that says, be city way, if you will move your full-time employees down to part time, wink, wink, you don't have to cover them in health care, most recently, we have this provision which says that by the way, you just self declare how much you make. so you can decide whether you want
it's the right thing from the standpoint of deficit reduction. i think it's a great thing for the nation to encourage this and change right now in our nation. i hope you will talk about the health care bill and what's happening, it's almost beyond belief. >> wow, far be it for me to bring that up out of the blue, senator. >> you know, this is pretty fascinating. i start at the top. you know, every american can get behind the notion of hoping that americans will have affordable...